# Who are some black rock singers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982 "2007-11-11T02:37:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/1 "2007-11-11T02:37:28Z")
I’m not talking about Chuck Berry-era rock, and I’m not talking about soul, funk or R&B. I’m talking about guitar-driven rock music of the type commonly associated with white singers: pop, punk, metal, psychedelic, or indie rock. I can only think of four off the top of my head: Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish. Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio. Murray Lightburn of The Dears. And of course, Jimi Hendrix. Others? ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/2 "2007-11-11T02:39:40Z")
Sevendust Living Colour ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/3 "2007-11-11T02:41:09Z")
How about Bad Brains? ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/4 "2007-11-11T02:43:02Z")
Lenny Kravitz? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/5 "2007-11-11T02:45:19Z")
[QUOTE=Amazingrace] Lenny Kravitz? [/QUOTE] Shit, how could I have missed that one?! Thanks for the answers, keep them coming. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/6 "2007-11-11T02:52:19Z")
Check out this: [http://www.blackrockcoalition.org/](http://www.blackrockcoalition.org/). You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/7 "2007-11-11T02:55:09Z")
Oh yeah, Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Heard them on the radio a few times, they’re pretty good. I’ve heard they’re amazing live. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/8 "2007-11-11T02:56:16Z")
Oh yeah, and Ben Harper. Not sure how I missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/9 "2007-11-11T03:02:37Z")
Arthur Lee of the 60’s psychodelic band, **Love**. Phil Lynott of 70’s rockers **Thin Lizzy**. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/10 "2007-11-11T03:02:57Z")
Kele Okereke of Bloc Party ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/11 "2007-11-11T03:03:23Z")
Eliot Sloan from Blessed Union of Souls Gary Lowe from Big Sugar (there might be another member that’s black but I can only recall two of the members) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/12 "2007-11-11T03:06:26Z")
**Argent Towers** , I know you’re British and all, but when you start a thread asking for the names of soome Black rock singers and someone hands you an entire website full of 'em, it’s usually polite to say, “Thank you.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/13 "2007-11-11T03:07:04Z")
American Idol judge [Randy Jackson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Jackson). I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/14 "2007-11-11T03:11:58Z")
Byron Davis of God Forbid ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/15 "2007-11-11T03:13:49Z")
Vernon Reid of Living Colour ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/16 "2007-11-11T03:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] I’m not talking about Chuck Berry-era rock, and I’m not talking about soul, funk or R&B. [/QUOTE] I understand your stipulation, but I’m bemused as well. That very music was the divine source of so much of what is considered _“Rock and Roll”_. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/17 "2007-11-11T03:16:25Z")
Morcheeba is on my playlist. Don’t know what genre it specifically falls in. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/18 "2007-11-11T03:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] **Argent Towers** , I know you’re British and all, but when you start a thread asking for the names of soome Black rock singers and someone hands you an entire website full of 'em, it’s usually polite to say, “Thank you.” [/QUOTE] Thank you. 🙂 Sorry, I really do appreciate it. But I’m not British. Why did you think I was? I write about living in the Midwest in my posts all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Resistance\_is\_Character-Formin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Resistance\_is\_Character-Formin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Resistance_is_Character-Formin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/19 "2007-11-11T03:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] **Argent Towers** , I know you’re British and all, but when you start a thread asking for the names of soome Black rock singers and someone hands you an entire website full of 'em, it’s usually polite to say, “Thank you.” [/QUOTE] That list seems to specialize in all-black bands, not just black singers. It also leaves out a lot of bands that have black singers. ---
**Author:** ![tonedef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tonedef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonedef)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982/20 "2007-11-11T04:16:16Z")
If your after some more metal/rock God Forbid and more a cross over rock (hed) PE [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982.md?page=2)